April 2021 – Stampin with Shirley G

Stampin’ Up! Quite Curvy

I hope you have had a fun Friday and planning a fun weekend. Seems I was just saying that. Has it been that long between posts?

I am using the Stampin’ Up! Quite Curvy Stamp Set to create the card I am sharing today. This is a wonderful stamp set but it will be retiring in a few days so I want to use it before it retires.

This is a new challenge for me. I think this is the first time I have seen it but I always love Tic Tac Toe Challenges and so happy I found the Creative Knockout Challenge.

The design for this challenge comes from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.

I started with a Basic White card stock base, adding a panel of the same embossed with the Subtle Embossing Folder, retiring May 4, but this is one embossing folder I will continue to use. It is the best, in my opinion, embossing folder Stampin’ Up! has ever offered. It may retire, but I will be using it for years to come. This embossed panel is matted on a panel of Basic Black card stock.

A circle of Basic White card stock is cropped using the next to largest die from the Stitched Layering Dies. A flower garland from the Quite Curvy Stamp Set is stamped at the top of the circle in Tuxedo Memento Black Ink. This garland is colored using Dark & Light Rococo Rose and Dark & Light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Markers.

A greeting from the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set is stamped inside the cropped circle using Tuxedo Memento Black ink. A circle is cropped using a die from the Layering Circle Dies and used to mat the art piece circle.

A garland from the Quite Curvy Stamp Set is stamped at the top and bottom of the Basic White sentiment panel, colored with the same Markers as the art piece for the card front.

The Basic White medium envelope gets a garland of the flowers stamped on the envelope flap.

f you would like to create this card all the products used and the card cuts are at the end of this post.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day. My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself. Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me. Have a blessed day!

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Beautiful Moments Cling Stamp Set [151677] $23.00	Quite Curvy Photopolymer Stamp Set [154430] $17.00	Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [143706] $10.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $35.00
Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $8.75
Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154900] $9.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154885] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts

Basic White card stock
- Card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
- Art piece circle — 3″ square for cropping
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
Basic Black card stock
- Mat for embossed panel — 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
- Mat for art circle — 3″ square to crop

Stampin’ Up! Hand Penned Petals

Are you looking forward to the next few days? If there is no one having to work in two days, then you can enjoy the weekend. Today is my Mother’s heavenly birthday. My step-dad always made us say Mother instead of Mom, I wish I had asked him the reason, too late now.

The card I am sharing today is created using Stampin’ Up! Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set, available May 4 for customers to purchase. I know this is going to be my favorite. The stamp set and the DSP are so beautiful and you will agree I am certain.

My design inspiration comes from the Mojo Monday Challenge.

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge is HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? (Create using something you’d find in a garden!) Flowers are in the garden even if it is vegetable. My grandmother planted Marigolds around the border of her garden, she said to keep the bugs away from her vegetable plants.

My card base is Mint Macaron with a panel of the same embossed with Meadow Moments Embossing Folder adhered to the card base.

Two different sizes of panels of Handed Penned DSP are cut and matted on Highland Heather card stock, then adhered over the embossed panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. A length of ribbon is adhered over these panels vertically. A lacy circle from my scrap stash is popped over the ribbon.

One of the flower images from the Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink and colored using Dark & Light Highland Heather, Dark & Light Mint Macaron, and Dark & Light Rococo Rose(retiring May 4 get it while you can) Stampin’ Blends Markers. I stamped an extra Rococo flower, colored, fussy cut, and popped over the one on the art piece. I then adhered the art piece over the lacy circle, added a Gorgeous Grape Linen bow with a 2021-2023 In Color Jewel in the center of the bow.

The “Thinking of You” greeting from the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set is stamped in Highland Heather ink on a Basic White card stock scrap, fussy cut, and matted on a scrap of Highland Heather card stock, fussy cut again, then popped on the card from. You will probably be seeing cards in the next few days all with a Thinking of You greeting as a friend requested I make her 10 different cards all with “Thinking of You” as the greeting. The Beautiful Moments Stamp Set pairs beautifully with the Hand Penned Petals Stamp Set and DSP.

I fussy cut flowers from a panel of the Hand Penned DSP adding them down the side of the blank sentiment panel.

A panel of the Hand Penned DSP gets adhered to the flap of a medium Basic White envelope.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Beautiful Moments Cling Stamp Set [151677] $23.00	Meadow Moments Embossing Folders [153126] $8.00	Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [138337] $8.75
Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154900] $9.00	Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00	Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154887] $9.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00
Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00

Card Cuts

Mint Macaron card stock
- Card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Embossed panel — 41/4″ x 5-1/2″
Basic White card stock
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
Highland Heather card stock
- Mats for DSP — 2-1/8″ x 3-5/8″ — 3-5/8″ x 4-1/8″ x 2-5/8″
Handed Penned DSP — 3.5″ x 4″x 2.5″ — 2″ x 3.5″

Stampin’ Up! Quiet Meadow

I hope your day is going well. It looks to be a great one.

The card I am sharing today is created using one of the new stamp sets Stampin’ Up! Quiet Meadow, available May 4 to customers. It is definitely going to be loved by all for all occasions. It reminds me of the Butterfly Basic set from a few years ago. I loved that set. This one does have the butterfly, but you can add a butterfly from one of the butterfly stamp sets Stampin’ Up! has. There are several to choose from.

This is one of my challenges for the day, Try Stampin’ On Tuesday. They always have such great sketches to help your card making along.

And Watercooler Wednesday – Dawn’s Challenge: All About Occasions. This is a birthday card and I like to put Thinking of You as the greeting so I can say Happy Birthday when I write a note inside.

I started with a card base of Highland Heather, adding a panel from the Hand Penned DSP (available May 4 to customers) that has been matted on a panel of Basic Black card stock.

Another piece of the Hand Penned DSP is used to cut the strip down the middle. This strip is also matted on a panel of Basic Black card stock.

An oval is cropped from a panel of Basic White card stock using the largest die from the Stitched Shape Dies, retiring May 4. The largest flower image from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on this oval. It is then colored using Dark & Light Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Markers, retiring May 4, so if you like this color the way I do you need to stock up before the supply is gone. and Dark & Light Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Markers.

The art piece is matted using Basic Black card stock, then popped over the center of the card front using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting from the stamp set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock, fussy cut, then matted on a Basic Black scrap which is also fussy cut and popped on the bottom of the art piece. Three jewels from the 2021-2023 Incolor Jewels are popped around the card front. Looking at the card you will assume the jewels are Basic Pearls, but they are the jewels from the 2021-2023 Incolor Jewels.

A narrow strip of the Hand Penned DSP is adhered down the side of a Basic White card stock panel and adhered using Multipurpose Liquid Glue to the card inside for writing a birthday message.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the Hand Penned DSP applied to the envelope flap.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00	Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146986] $8.75	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Rococo Rose Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154900] $9.00
Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00

Card Cuts

Highland Heather card stock
- Card base – 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
Basic Black card stock
- Mats for DSP & art piece on card front — 4-1/8″ x 5-1/4″ — 1-5/8″ x 5-1/8″ — 2-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ to crop oval
Hand Penned DSP
- 4″ x 5-1/4″ –1-3/8″ x 5-1/8″
Basic White card stock
- Art piece — 2-1/4″ x 3-1/8″
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

Stampin’ Up! Beautiful Moments with True Love

It is a rainy day in Georgia! Hopefully, Sunday will be sunny and warm. Today is a chilly one. Any plans for the next two days. Thank you to the people who work weekends to make my life easier and safer.

Easy card today, but it sure is taking me a long time to get to my blog posting, I accidentally deleted my Stampin’ Up! folder with all my files of SU. Boy was I in a panic! I search on the internet and found how to recover it. I had it all saved on a Flash Drive. Do not ask how I did it all I know is I have my files again even if it did take me 5 hours to accomplish it. I even asked on our group page if anyone knew how to recover but no success, I guess all are like me and mostly know computer basics. What a relief.

My card features True Love DSP, Quite Curvy Stamp Set, and Beautiful Moments Stamp Set. I started with a Basic White card stock base with a panel of the same embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder. After all the other element were popped on this embossed panel it was adhered to the card base using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

My inspiration design comes from the My Favorite Things Challenge.

I cut a strip of the True Love DSP and adhered down the left side of the card front. A circle for the greeting was cropped using the Stitched Circle Dies. The greeting is from the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set. I colored flowers from the True Love DSP using Pineapple Punch, Pale Papya, and Mint Macaron. They were fussy cut as there are no dies for these beautiful flowers.

A bird from the Quite Curvy Stamp Set is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock and fussy cut, I know there are dies, but it was such a small piece. It is colored using the same markers as the flowers. A dragonfly is fussy cut from the Dragonfly Garden DSP and popped on the card front with two of the Holiday Rhinestones added to it. One of the rhinestones is also popped above the greeting.

More flowers from True Love DSP are colored and fussy cut and adhered to the sentiment panel.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of the True Love DSP. The DSP matches the flowers on the card front.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Beautiful Moments Cling Stamp Set [151677] $23.00	Quite Curvy Photopolymer Stamp Set [154430] $17.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
True Love Designer Series Paper [154281] $11.50	Dandy Garden 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154297] $11.50	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $6.00	Mint Macaron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154889] $9.00
Pineapple Punch Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [147280] $9.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cuts

Basic White card stock
- Card base — 4-1/4″ x 11 scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/2″
- Embossed panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
- Stitched Cirle — 4″ square
True Love DSP
- Black & White strip — 1-3/4″ x 5-1/2″
- Flowers

Stampin’ Up! Hand Penned

The card I am sharing today is created using cards from Stampin’ Up! Memories and More Card Pack. This makes for a quick easy card.

My design inspiration is the As You See It Challenge.

I started with a Mint Macaron card stock base with a panel of the same embossed using the Brick & Mortar Embossing Folder. A panel of Garden Green card stock is cut for a mat for the Hand Penned card. The card is cropped using a Stitched So Sweetly Die. The negative portion is matted on the Garden Green panel then the cropped panel is popped back into the negative space.

A greeting from the Hand Penned Memories & More Card Pack is popped on the card front.

A sentiment from the Sending Sunshine Stamp Set is stamped in Mint Macaron ink on a panel of Basic White and a flower from the card pack is popped in the corner.

A medium Basic White envelope gets a panel of DSP from the 2021-2022 Subtle 6″ x 6″ DSP. The DSP matches the flowers on the card front.

If you would like to create this card all the products used and the card cuts are at the end of this post.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used in Creating This Card

Sending Sunshine Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152592] $17.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $32.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $10.00	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $8.75
Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [138337] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

Card Cut

Mint Macaron card stock
- Card Base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
- Embossed panel — 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
Garden Green card stock
- Mat for art piece — 3″ x 4-1/8″
Basic White card stock
- Sentiment panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″

The above one was so easy, I decided to make another with different colors but the same card from the card pack. They certainly look different with different colors.